In the movie theater, there was a lot of laughter and everyone was happy, as if Zhang Yimou had already taken over the gun of Feng Xiaogang's "King of New Year Comedy", wishing everyone a prosperous New Year of the Rooster in advance.
Watching this movie requires a very high level of artistic accomplishment and noble sentiments to block a scene that is not once but always very embarrassing. But in embarrassment, I seem to see a new way out for Chinese films; under this new way, as long as all the great directors are persistent and persistent, I believe that Chinese films will become number one in the world earlier than GDP.
First of all, I want to praise the value of this film, this is the first way out. In today's era when Hollywood is sweeping the world, as a Chinese, Zhang Yimou can capture this trend faster than Hong Kong reporters, and is willing to carry the great value of US imperialist values without the temptation of "beautiful knives". The flag, and transformed with Chinese characteristics, the name of "national teacher", Zhang Dao is well-deserved.
This is the story of a white-skinned hero who saves the people. Compared with Marvel's timidity and monotony, Zhang Yimou dared to take the risk of the world and let a white man save the Chinese, which has to be regarded as an innovation. And this white man, Mr. Matt Damon, resolutely became the leader of cultural exchanges between China and the West (or should be said to be "the west wind spreads east to the east"), which is not worth the American taxpayer's rescue in many previous movies. He has so much money.
In "The Great Wall", Matt Damon, as a mercenary who is greedy for money, takes on the important task of fighting monsters and saving China. My generation on the side is ashamed. And its handsome face, with a full-level shooter attribute, can be said to replace the traditional American superheroes such as Hawkeye and Green Arrow, and won the title of "China's First Shooter".
He is brave, fearless, trusts his teammates, and cares about the people. He strives to build China, which was called "Song" a thousand years ago, into a prosperous, democratic, civilized, and harmonious country, and to build a society that is free, equal, and just. , to fight for a society ruled by law, and to shed blood to shape the descendants of Yan and Huang into patriotic, dedicated, honest and friendly people.
What kind of value is this? This is Hollywood values with Chinese characteristics! I believe that as long as Chinese films can contain such values, why should the culture not be prosperous? Why worry that the people's three views are not right? Why worry about social disharmony? Why is the country not prosperous? The new revival of Chinese culture, starting from "The Great Wall"!
Secondly, we must talk about this huge production team.
The visual production arranged by the ILM visual effects team is shocking. In the live-action shooting part, the Danxia and Yadan landforms in the great northwest of our country have infinite scenery. How can they be compared to the barrenness and loneliness of the American Rocky Mountains? Even if it is compared with the recent popular American drama "Westworld", I don't know how high it is. The Great Wall is magnificent and magnificent, and the Bianliang City is resplendent, completely restoring the original appearance of the world's largest city a thousand years ago. This is also incomparable to the humble little wall of the Night's Watch in "Game of Thrones" and King's Landing.
The design of monsters and weapon props by Weta Studio has completely inherited the excellent quality of the previous "Lord of the Rings" series and "The Hobbit" series. Their efforts in front of the computer have presented tens of thousands of monsters for everyone - "gluttonous" quite Chinese style. In order to make this kind of "gluttonous food" can be seen at a glance as MADE IN CHINA, they specially designed the animal face pattern on the animal face. Maybe they understood the literal meaning too deeply, so they turned the monster's face into a big green moon cake (definitely not a sesame seed cake).
With the tacit approval of Zhang Yimou, a director who is well versed in Chinese culture, Weta Studio is naturally capable and bold. "Fu Manchu", who has deeply penetrated the hearts of Americans, said that the image of the Chinese is guarded by me, and the image of the Chinese monster is finally here!
In addition to creating Chinese monster images for the American imperial people, The Great Wall also provided them with very standard Chinese teaching. Even the three white-skinned volunteers who participated in the show successfully spoke the standard northern dialect after the arduous efforts of the voice actors. The understanding of the word "what" has changed the rigid official voice in the dubbing of the previous films translated and introduced by China Television Six, and created a dubbing road that the people like to hear and see. As soon as the three white-skinned volunteers spoke, laughter was often heard in the cinema, which is evident.
Finally, I would like to sigh the importance of casting. I hope that future Chinese directors can learn from Zhang Yimou and choose each role carefully.
The "Woman of the King" Miss Jing Tian is valiant and dashing in blue armor. No wonder many men want to worship her under her pomegranate skirt but cannot get it. The most amazing thing about the whole movie is that her voice and mouth never match. It's an imagery expression that shows the complexity of the figure, and the greatness of traditional Chinese ventriloquism. In addition, Miss Jing Tian has never acted in any kissing scenes or passion scenes, which has been carried over in this "The Great Wall", showing the loyalty, bravery and fidelity of traditional Chinese heroines.
And "the king's man" Lin Gengxin, with his arrogant aura and Saipan's face, has successfully mastered the role of the general of the eagle bow and arrow army. The word "roll" changed the previous narrow play path and achieved a self-breakthrough in acting skills.
Previously, many criticized Chen Xuedong, the "Ming Man", saying that he could only be an idol and a vase, and his acting was very hypocritical. But in this film, Chen Xuedong's commander of the Imperial Forest Army is strong and decisive, and the sentence "Who is coming" is extremely majestic, making all doubters shut up. And his natural performance made me even more aware that he appeared at the end of the film. This kind of naturalness can really be described as "feathering and ascending to immortality".
The role of the little emperor is really difficult. It is a safe and appropriate move to let the real "King Emperor" play the emperor and blur the boundary between the film and reality.
Andy's acting skills are as superb as ever, insisting on showing the audience with a true tone without dubbing, fully embodying that the people's army comes from the people. No matter if you are from the northeastern corner of the country or from anywhere in Hong Kong, as long as you love your country, you can join the army.
Leaving aside the acting responsibilities of Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng, it highlights the old man's scheming and discerning eyes.
The whole movie is ingenious, exciting, and has a magical realism style. As General Secretary Xi said in his speech at the Symposium on Literature and Art, "Without the prosperity of Chinese culture, there will be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The rejuvenation of a nation requires both strong material strength and strong spiritual strength. Leading, without the great enrichment of the people's spiritual world and the continuous enhancement of national spiritual strength, a country or a nation cannot stand in the forest of nations in the world."
The Great Wall combines historical legends and modern technology to open up a "cultural" A new door to rejuvenate the country.
How to achieve the prosperity of the Chinese nation? Zhang Yimou borrowed a piece of "The Great Wall" to tell you clearly: hold on to Hollywood, hold on to Americans, not afraid of embarrassment, ignore the scolding, and add the thickness of the Great Wall to your face! Only in this way can we create our own history for future generations to waste.
FF on the night of 2016.12.15
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